Crime & Safety
Ambulance Carrying Patient Crashes In Huntington; 5 Injured: Police
Both drivers, two passengers, and the patient inside the ambulance suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
HUNTINGTON, NY — Suffolk County Police are investigating a crash involving an ambulance and a passenger vehicle that injured five people in Huntington on Tuesday.
According to the Suffolk County Police Department, the crash occurred on Jan. 7 when an ambulance traveling north on Park Avenue collided with a 2021 Lexus driven by a 71-year-old Forest Hills woman.
Police said the ambulance was transporting a patient to Huntington Hospital at the time of the collision. Both drivers, two passengers, and the patient inside the ambulance were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The cause of the crash remains under investigation, police said.
Police noted that no additional information is being released regarding the reason the patient was being transported to the hospital.
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